Geo TV Limited (defendant/appellant) v Iqbal (claimant/respondent)
Tuesday 5 November 2024
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 18 December 2023, the Defendant (D) appeals against the order made by HHJ Lewis (sitting as a judge of the High Court in the Media & Communications List) dismissing D’s application for summary judgment.
The libel claim related to reports of statements made by a prominent Pakistani politician at a political meeting, published in a live broadcast and 11 subsequent bulletins by D on GEO News (an Urdu language news channel regulated by OFCOM) which derives its content from GEO News in Pakistan.
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